𝑀𝒶𝓊𝒾 𝑀𝑜𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒: STRIKES AGAIN!

So, as you guys know from my last post on this brand, I am definitely a fan of Maui Moisture. The products just work for my hair type (3c). 

Their detangling creams were a welcome addition to my collection when they released them. If you know me and follow me on Instagram, then you will know that my curly/coily hair requires daily detangling and moisture. This is the kind of cream that I would use on an almost-daily basis, so I was keen to get my hands on it. 

Self-love during these difficult times is KEY 

For today’s post, I want to share another essential product for my curly girls. Over on my Instagram, I am using February, often considered as the ‘month of love’, to focus on self-love and self-care. I have been sharing things that make me feel good, that make me smile, that constitute as part of my journey to love myself. 

There are still SO many opinions and reviews on the Maui Moisture shampoos and conditioners, on the fact that alcohol is high up on their ingredients list in certain products, on the DMDM Hydantoin which is used in some of their products, on how drying their shampoo can be…. 

Commonly discussed issues with Maui Moisture ingredients: 
DMDM Hydantoin, used in their Curl Quench Coconut Oil Smoothie and some of their conditioners is considered dangerous because of its toxic formaldehyde releasing component, although the percentage is so small that it has been approved safe by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel. It can cause irritation or an allergic reaction on sensitive skin and is banned in Japan. 
Microcrystalline Wax (Microcristallina) is found in their curl smoothie and hair masks. This type of wax is not water-soluble and therefore needs a cleansing agent (shampoo) to remove it. If you only co-wash (wash with conditioner to aid moisture retention) then the use of this product would cause a hell of a lot of build up after a while, creating a barrier between your hair and the nutrients /moisture that it desperately needs. 

Vanilla Bean Hair Butter: 

Feel free check out my review of the vanilla bean hair butter here: 

𝑀𝒶𝓊𝒾 𝑀𝑜𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒: 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝑔𝓁𝓎

I truly love their hair masks and butters, but I wasn’t too sure if I would feel the same about their new(ish) detangling creams….

Maui Moisture Revive & Hydrate+ Shea Butter Detangling Cream 236ml: 

Available on lookfantastic.com:

🔗Direct link🔗👇🏾 https://www.stylink.it/kAddcd0Je

Boots.com 

Tame, detangle and smooth unruly frizz, flyaways and edges, with this detangling cream. A deeply nourishing formula made with aloe vera as the main ingredient. Blended with creamy shea butter and rich coconut and macadamia oils, help define curls, coils and twists and leave hair smelling divine, feeling supple and soft, and curls full of bounce and shine. 

How to use 

Apply a small amount into your palm, rub hands together, then apply evenly to surface of damp hair, working through to ends. Comb through with wide tooth comb and scrunch hair with hands. Let air dry or use a diffuser.

Ingredients 

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Behentrimonium Chloride, PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate, Steareth-20, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut/Noix de Coco) Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea/Karité) Butter, Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut/Noix de Coco) Oil, Undecane, Tridecane, Polyquaternium-37, Polyquaternium-10, PG-Hydroxyethylcellulose Cocodimonium Chloride, PPG-1 Trideceth-6, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Acrylates/Stearyl Methacrylate Copolymenr, Sorbitan Oleate, Isopropyl Alochol, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tocopherol, Parfum/Fragrance, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Citronellol, Limonene. 

Maui Moisture Nourish & Moisture+ Coconut Milk Detangling Cream 236ml

🔗Direct link🔗 👇🏾 https://www.stylink.it/Yz66fwAb0

Gently control and tame frizz with this detangling cream. A unique fusion of made with aloe vera as the main ingredient and blended with creamy coconut milk, exotic guava extract, and rich mango butter, give dry, curly hair a dose of conditioning hydration. Leaves hair with a subtle tropical aroma whilst leaving curls, coils and twists defined, soft, smooth and full of bounce and shine. 

How to use 

Apply a small amount into your palm, rub hands together, then apply evenly to surface of damp hair, working through to ends. Comb through with wide tooth comb and scrunch hair with hands. Let air dry or use a diffuser. 

Ingredients 

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Behentrimonium Chloride, PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate, Steareth-20, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut/Noix de Coco) Water, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut/Noix de Coco) Fruit Extract, Mangifera Indica (Mango/Mangue) Seed Butter, Undecane, Tridecane, Polyquaternium-37, Polyquaternium-10, PG-Hydroxyethylcellulose Cocodimonium Chloride, PPG-1 Trideceth-6, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Acrylates/Stearyl Methacrylate Copolymer, Sorbitan Oleate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Tocopherol, Parfum/Fragrance, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Limonene. 

My experience 

After a wash and go, my curls were soft and moisturised hours later.

𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙨

~𝙉𝙊 𝘿𝙈𝘿𝙈 𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙣

~𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙥

~𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜

~𝙎𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜

~𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚/𝙥𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮

~𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡

~𝘾𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙚!

~𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙬𝙬.𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙨.𝙘𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚

~𝘽𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙡𝙮𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖, 𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨

~𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣, £9.99 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙍𝙋 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 6-10 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝/𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧, 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮-𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚! £10 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚….𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙥, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠?

I will say first-off, that I am totally biased. I love hair creams, I adore detangling creams and the Maui moisture creams are so thick and luxurious, I find them hydrating and smoothing for (almost) frizz free curls. I have used both detangling creams and love the coconut milk one slightly more, to my surprise. It gives my hair a little more slip to detangle. 

I love the first few ingredients; what they are and how high up they are in the ingredients list, but I’m not crazy about the inclusion of coconut oil. Other than that, nothing terrible sticks out to me.

I cannot honestly say that they make my hair noticeably easier to detangle as opposed to other detangling creams (kinky curly knot today, Activilong) etc….These ones work just as well. But in relation to detangling my hair with just water in it, yes, my comb or tangle teezer slides through with ease. 

In saying that, I would still choose these detangling creams over others because of the moisture retention it aids and the ingredients in this formula.  Although it helps to detangle, it is truly a great styling product too.

What I like most about this cream is it is moisturising and doubles up as my second moisturiser after water. It helps to define my curls, leaves them shiny and manageable even after drying. I follow it up with either my homemade shea butter & oil mix or the vanilla bean butter from Maui themselves. 

If you have type 3 hair like mine, I urge you to try one of these on your hair and see the results for yourself. They work for me…and when I say work, I mean work. I cannot speak for type 2 less curly, more wavy textures but I can tell that they would work on kinkier type 4 gals, maybe with a thick sealant or butter.

There are currently multiple offers running on the maui moisture range (18.02.2021): 

The detangling creams are selling for 1/3 off so they come up to £6.66 instead of £9.99: 

https://www.boots.com/maui-moisture-revive-hydrate-shea-butter-detangling-cream-236ml-10286738

https://www.boots.com/maui-moisture-nourish-moisture-coconut-milk-detangling-cream-236ml-10286737

I am not sure if the creams are exclusive to boots stores and boots.com as I could not find them on Superdrug.com. 

2 things to note: 
-I do wash my hair regularly, so perhaps I cannot see any kind of long term dryness which other may experience if they are not cleansing regularly. I do get a build up, but I always have, due to the other creams and gels etc that I use, so I must cleanse my hair at least once a week, or I can co-wash every 3 days roughly. 
-I ONLY ever use these two products on wet hair. I spray my hair every morning before I style, to detangle. So, this product seems to help lock in moisture (It does NOT provide it, this is important). 

Works for me!

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